Lamp supporting and turning mechanism.



'0. A. HOWELL. LAMP SUPPORTING AND TURNING MECHANISM APPLIOA'IION FILEDMARIN, 1909.

Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

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downwardly from the brackets 10, 11 and- M I STATES PATENT OFFICE 1CHESTER A. HOWELL, OF DES MOINES, IOWA.

LAMP SUPPORTING Am TURNING MECHANISM.

Application filed March 18, 1909. Serial in. 484,824.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHESTER A. HOWELL,

a citizenof the United States ofAmerica,

and resident of Des Moines, Polk county, Iowa, have invented a new anduseful Lamp Supporting and Turning Mechanism, of

which thefollowing is a specification.

v The object of-thi's invention is to provide improved means for turninga headlight eoincident with any deviation of avehicle,

carrying such light, from a true course or straight path for the purposeof hghting a roadway in advance of such vehicle regardiess of thecurvatures of the path-to be traveled.

My invention consists in the construction,

arrangement and combination of elements automobile such as sills 12, 13:Forks 14, 15

are mounted vertically and pivoted in forward extremities of thebrackets 10, 11 and said forks are adapted to receive and support lampsof common form (not shown) such as are employed sis-headlights for auto-Stems of the forks 14:, 15 extend arms 16 17 are formed on said stemsand :extend rearwardly therefrom.- The rear extreniities of the arms 16,17 are connected pivotally by a rod 18.

a forward fixed axle 19 and wheel bearers :20, 21 pivoted thereto andadapted to be supported by and guide steering wheels of common form (notshown). Arms 32, 23 are fixed to and extend rearwardly from the wheeln-arer: 20, 21 and the rear ends of said arms are connected flexibly toa steeran 2-1, parallel with the rod 18.- A bar is pivoted at one end tothe rod 18 and "ured against movement longitudinally oil aid red bymllai's 36, '27 fixed to said rod on opposite sides of said bar. Collars98, 99 are fixed to the steering bar 21 and a pin 30 connects saidcollars above said bar. rear end portion of the bar 25 extends betweenthe collars 28, 28') and "between the Specification of Letters Patent.

This device is adapted to be employed on an automobile having ThePatented Dec. 27, 1910.

pin 30, and bar24 and thus ispivotally and slidingly attached to thesteering bar and restrained from movement longitudinally f thereof.

. In practical operation headlights are 610 mounted on the forks 14 15and the rays of the lamp therein are directed forwardly. So long astheautomobile advances'in the straight course the arms 16, 17 hold thelampsin such position; but Whenthe machine is diverted from ast-raightcourse in j either direction, through rectilinear reciprocationof the steering bar 24:, said arms are oscillated through the medium ofthe'bar '25, rod "18 and connections in such manner as to. turn theforks '14, 15 and direct the,

rays of the lamp at angles to their former directions and in a manner tolight the pathway ahead and in the newl' oour'se of the machine. I

I claim as my inventiony 1. A lamp supporting and turning'mechanism,comprising lamp forks mounted for oscillation on vertical axes, arms onsaid for ks, a rod extendedbetween and pivotedat its ends to extremitiesof the arms, a bar pivoted at one end to said rod between said arms, asteering bar, collars on sald steer 111g bar, and a pm connecting saidcollars" and arranged parallel with *said steering '85 vbar, one endportion of said pivoted bar extending loosely through the space" betweensaid collars and between the pin and steering bar, whereby said bar hasa movement transversely of the stee. ing bar to compensate for verticaloscillation of the rod tive to said steering bar.

2. A lamp supporting and turning mechanism, comprising lamp forksmounted for oscillation on vertical axes, arms on forks, a, rod extendedbetween and pivoted at its ends to extremities of the arms, a barpivoted at one end to and for oscillation on said rod between said lans, collars fixed to rel asaid rod on opposite sides of and adjacent tosaid pivoted bar, a steering bar, and sliding connections between saidsteering bar and the first bar.

Signed by me at Des Moines, Iowa, this 13th day of March 1908.

CHESTER A. HOIVELL.

Vitnesses S. C. S EET, C. G. Rosana.

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